Ewan
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34 collections on the site.
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Ewan Lawrie
The picture is me signing copies of my novel, Gibbous House at Unbound Books HQ in Islington by the canal.
All three Moffat novels are available here
Asterisked collections ended up as published novels or short stories.
My stories
Miracle of Love
You believe what you believe, and I'll believe what I believe. Image wikipedia commons under CC licence.
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Looking
No explanations. Image is PD.
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The Road to Erehwon
You'll work it out, don't worry. Image is Peter Breughel the Elder's The Land of Cockaigne, it is in the public domain and the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, where I've seen it.
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Afternoons Without Spoons
Entered in a poetry competition more than 10 years ago. I think it came 2nd last. I've just found it again. Perhaps you'd prefer it if I hadn't. Image author's own, made at canva.com using a collage technique.
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No Hats en el Pueblo (Alhaurin El Grande, June 2015)
Boring. Don't bother. Image has no known copyright issues.
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No problem
Posted on Sun, 24 Apr 2022
with the capitalizations. Just need to be consistent throughout. You might need 'Me' at the end of stanza 4.
Odd, mysterious, definitely one of your poems, if read without knowing the identity of the writer.
Read full comment(That's a good...
Posted in Angelus Novus
Tight structure
Posted on Wed, 20 Apr 2022
and the rhyme scheme is transparent, as all the best ones are.
Loved this.
E x
Read full commentPosted in Photograph
I agree with
Posted on Fri, 15 Apr 2022
the above.
Very smartly done, indeed.
E x
Read full commentPosted in two men
Sweet,
Posted on Fri, 15 Apr 2022
but not too saccharine, in the tradition of Pam Ayres perhaps.
Very good.
Ewan
Read full commentPosted in When One Is One
I do like
Posted on Wed, 13 Apr 2022
things which seem to be about nothing, but aren't.
Worth the reading for
"anecdotes which develop arms and legs with the passage of time."
alone. Very meta too, something else in its favour,...
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"Top
Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2022
of the world,Ma!"
Read full commentPosted in answering machine
This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day
Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2022
Atmospheric, beautiful and serious poetry. That's why it's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.
Please share and retweet, dear readers, if you like it too.
Read full commentPosted in The Wanderer or The Exile’s Lament
Excellent
Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2022
and serious poetry.
I wonder if 'god' should be capitalized? Or if you might insert 'any' before the lower-cased god?
Marvellous work.
Ewan
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Posted in The Wanderer or The Exile’s Lament
I really enjoyed this.
Posted on Thu, 31 Mar 2022
It had nice rhythm and some good internal rhyme.
I wonder if you really need the final stanza? What does it add? It does jerk the/this reader right out of the atmosphere you have so skilfully created. \\\\
best
Read full commentEwan
Posted in Into the Woods (Hansel and Gretel)
This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day
Posted on Thu, 24 Mar 2022
Some may say it feels like Groundhog Day as one of these acerbic satires is POD again. Perhaps it is, but they are very funny, and goodness knows we need some laughter especially in the dark days.
Please share and retweet if you like it...
Read full commentPosted in Groundhog Boris
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